Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 1.86% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p), which rose 5.50% or 5.07 points to trade at 97.21 at the close. Sberbank (MCX:SBER) added 4.46% or 5.98 points to end at 139.97 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 4.41% or 14.15 points to 335.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which lost 2.57% or 1.58 points to trade at 59.85 in late trade. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) declined 1.65% or 14.00 points to end at 834.00 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) shed 1.58% or 1.39 points to 86.53.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 129 to 84 and 24 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.59% to 31.530 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.07% or 0.90 to $1246.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.72% or 0.36 to hit $50.05 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.11% or 0.56 to trade at $51.11 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.87% to 64.7038, while EUR/RUB fell 0.74% to 73.432.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 93.90.